Screen for automobile windows and the like



April 29, 1939. TORRENT 1,756,227

SCREEN FOR AUTOMOBILE WINDOWS AND THE LIKE Filed Aug. 29, 1929 latent edApr. 29, 1930 PATENT OFFICE iIOHIi' TORRENT. OI MUSKEGON, MICHIGANSCREEN FOB AUTOMOBILE WINDOWS AND THE LIKE Application filed August 29,1929. Serial No. 889,225.

This invention relates to a screen designed primarily for use in thewindow of automobiles, one of the objects being to provide a simple,inexpensive, and eflicient device of this character which can be easilyplaced within a window opening so as to enga e within the groove usuallyprovided to gui e the sliding window.

Another object is to provide a screen which can be readily removed fromthe opening.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within thescope of What is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying ferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the screen. 7

Figure 2 is a section through the upper portion thereof and showing apart of the vehicle structure engaged by the screen.

' Referring to the figures by characters 0 reference, 1 designates asheet of wire fabric and the edges of this sheet are housed within acontinuous strip 2 of soft rubber. This strip forms a flexible resilientframe so proportioned that, when the screen fabric is flattened out, theouter edge portions of the frame will enter the grooves G ordinarilyprovided in an automobile structure for receivingzand guiding a slidingwindow.

or the purpose of holding the frame 2 taut, resilient wires 3 can beextended diagonally across the frame, the ends of the wires beingfastened in the corner portions. These wires are provided, at theirpoint of crossing, with a knob or handle-4 fixedly attached 4 to bothwires.

When it is desired to place the screen in a window opening, the same isbuckled by placing a hand against the screen fabric 1 and then pullingthe handle or knob 4 away from the screen. This causes the wires 3 todrawing the prebend and to draw the sides of the frame toward eachother. Thus the screen can be placed in position after which, byreleasing the handle or knob 4, the spring wires 3 will return to theirnormal or substantially normal positions. This will result in expandinthe frame 2, and flattening the screen fa ric so that the edge portionsof the frame will enter the grooves G and thus hold the screen in properposition relative to the window opening.

When it is desired to remove the screen it is merely necessary to pullon the handle or knob 4 so as to buckle the frame 2 and withdraw it fromengagement with the grooved structure in which it is seated.

A screen such as described can be made cheaply and will not detract fromthe appearance of the vehicle 'with which itis used. 7

Under some conditions it might be advantageous to dispense with thewires 3 and connect the knob or handle 4 to the center of the screenfabric. Such a construction is so obvious that a detailed illustrationthereofis 7 not deemed essential.

What is claimed is:

A screen including a resilient frame, a

f screen fabric connected toand surrounded by diagonally disposedresilient members secured at their ends to the respective cornerportions of the frame and crossed ad- 'acent to the center of thescreen, said mem-. ers being joined at their point of crossing, and ahandle extending from the joined portions of the members, each of thecrossed members including a single piece of resilient ma.- terialadapted to be bowed by pulling on the handle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmv signature.

-- JOHN TORRENT.

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